2:58 min Beverages, Mineral water, Sustainability & Circular Economy, …
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF BOTTLED WATER FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

Bottled water packaging reduced by nearly half in less than a decade, study finds

The amount of materials used to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, and glass bottled water containers has been reduced by 42.8 percent between 2007 and 2015, according to a new study. The Quantis Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental ...
3:34 min Beverages, Mineral water, Sustainability & Circular Economy, …

Reducing environmental impact and increasing recycling rates are key goals for the bottled water industry

Bottled water companies continue to be concerned about the environment and are working to increase consumer recycling, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) said today. “IBWA once again commends the Friends of Little Hunting Creek, Friends of Accotink Creek, and other ...
1:50 min Filling & Bottling, Milk, Filling and aseptic
Filling lines

Serac accelerates the speed of its rotary cup filling lines

The latest version of the cup filling machine Neo designed by Nova, a company of Serac Group with 80 years of experience in dosing and cup filling, is today able to fill cups up to 12 000 cph just as efficiently and reliably as any other lower output. With this increased output, ...
2:17 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones confirms group targets for 2017

Order intake increased 10.0% to €2,696.8 million in the first three quarters and revenue grew 5.4% to €2,508.9 million. Adjusted for acquisitions, the increase was 5.9% and 3.1%, respectively.The EBT increased to €168.0 million for the first three quarters and the EBT margin was ...
3:70 min Management, Beverages
Acquisition

Refresco and a consortium of PAI and bcIMC agree on a recommended cash public offer of EUR 20 per share for all shares of Refresco

A Consortium of PAI Partners SAS ("PAI") and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation ("bcIMC") to make a recommended offer of EUR 20 (cum dividend) in cash per ordinary share of Refresco (the "Offer Price") for a consideration of EUR 1.623 billionThe Offer Price ...
1:44 min Food
Food Ingredients

The perils and promise of Clean Labeling

We’ve all heard of “clean labels,” but what does “clean label” food really mean? The simple answer is food that is healthy and perceived as natural. When consumers read a label, they want to understand what every ingredient is. This desire has been causing the current shift in the ...
1:50 min Management
Management

Avantium nominates Kees Verhaar as Chairman Supervisory Board

Avantium N.V., (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: AVTX) (“Avantium” or “the Company”) a leading chemical technology company and forerunner in renewable chemistry, announces that today it has published its convocation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (EGM) to be ...
0:26 min Management, Beverages
Acquisition

Refresco enters into negotiations with PAI

With reference to the press release dated 3 October 2017, Refresco Group N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: RFRG) today announces it has entered into negotiations with PAI Partners SAS (PAI). On 3 October, Refresco received an unsolicited, indicative and conditional proposal from PAI, which ...
5:15 min Applications & Operations, Mineral water, Beverages
Successful installation with 150.000 BPH

Record-breaking complete PET water lines from Sidel achieved 150.000 BPH in Saudi Arabia

Following the successful installation two years ago of what was Sidel’s fastest ...
1:34 min Applications & Operations, Markets and Management, PET injection moulding systems
Leasing instead of buying

Renting production capacity instead of buying hardware: More leeway for injection molding

KraussMaffei and Netstal now offer complete leasing packages for injection molding ...